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Radio Production Technical

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1. C of O's Station ID
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Muting sounds above peak
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)

2. What is our hearing range?
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Federal Communications Commission
Cycles per second

3. What is the FCC and what does it do for radio stations.
Federal Communications Commission
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired

4. What is Compression?
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)

5. What are the four processes involved in digital recording?
Muting sounds above peak
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
High frequency sound speaker

6. What are the parts of a Sound Wave
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Business
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave

7. What is Nondestructive Recording?
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Middle frequency sound speaker
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio

8. What is Mixing?
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
Recording that overwrites the previous recording

9. What is Limiting?
Cycles per second
Muting sounds above peak
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up

10. What is Nondestructive Recording?
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Middle frequency sound speaker
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
In order to get a new perspective on the project

11. What are Plosives?
S sounds - sounds that hiss
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Muting sounds above peak
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air

12. What is Mixing?
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling

13. A radio station is first and foremost a ________
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Business
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14. What is sound measured in?
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Low frequency sound speaker
Decibels (dB).
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement

15. What is Mixing?
Low frequency sound speaker
Middle frequency sound speaker
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.

16. What is Routing?
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -

17. How does a Condenser Mic work?
Above 20kHz
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.

18. What is Destructive Recording?
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word

19. What is Hertz (Hz)?
Cycles per second
In order to get a new perspective on the project
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough

20. What is Sibilance?
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
S sounds - sounds that hiss

21. What is a transducer?
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
Making the sounds more usable.
S sounds - sounds that hiss
In order to get a new perspective on the project

22. What is the FCC and what does it do for radio stations.
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement

23. Why should you not listen to anything for a while between editing sessions?
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
In order to get a new perspective on the project

24. What is Recording?
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
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25. What is ultrasonic?
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Above 20kHz
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
Muting sounds above peak

26. What is SPL
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Cycles per second
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations

27. What is SPL
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo

28. What is Mastering?
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
From the peak to the trough
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Cycles per second

29. What is the Midrange?
Middle frequency sound speaker
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio

30. What is Amplification?
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Making the sounds more usable.

31. What does a Sound Wave look like?
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
S sounds - sounds that hiss
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In order to get a new perspective on the project

32. What does FCC stand for
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Federal Communications Commission

33. What is Amplitude?
From the peak to the trough
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling

34. Why should you not listen to anything for a while between editing sessions?
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
In order to get a new perspective on the project

35. What is Limiting?
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
In order to get a new perspective on the project
Muting sounds above peak

36. How does a Dynamic Mic work?
Cycles per second
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)

37. What is a Shock Mount for?
Federal Communications Commission
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.

38. What is Editing?
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave
High frequency sound speaker
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)

39. What is a Tweeter?
High frequency sound speaker
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
From the peak to the trough
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy

40. What is Editing?
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Between 20Hz and 20kHz

41. What is a Cycle
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
In order to get a new perspective on the project
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)

42. What does a Sound Wave look like?
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
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43. What are the parts of a Sound Wave
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement

44. What is Infrasonic?
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Below 20Hz

45. What is frequency?
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Muting sounds above peak

46. What is a transducer?
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom
Business
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy

47. What are the four dynamic processes?
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Middle frequency sound speaker
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air

48. What is Compression?
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
S sounds - sounds that hiss
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word

49. What is Expansion?
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
In order to get a new perspective on the project
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement

50. What is Infrasonic?
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Below 20Hz
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.